Who We Are

Financials

BOARD MEMBERSBeryl Bender Birch Co-Founder

Rob Schware Co-Founder, Executive Director

Suzanne Manafort Ann Richardson Stevens Stan Woodman

16 TEAM MEMBERS DONATING 4,770 VOLUNTEER HOURS VALUED AT $281,100 IN 2013 & 14

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSElena BrowerRev. Jaganath CarreraSeane CornAmy IppolitiGurmukh Khalsa Cyndi Lee

ManoramaAnand MehrotraBiff MithoeferTao Porchon-Lynch Bhava RamDesiree Rumbaugh

Matthew SanfordJohn SchumacherRod StrykerDavid SwensonPatty Townsend

6.5%

95.4%

2012 &13$378,485

Administration& Fundraising

Programs

50

13,100

8,000

Brought free yoga toolkits to 13,100 veterans, service members and military families, offering clinically proven practices for stress reduction.

Brought free yoga practice books to more than 8,000 prisoners, giving them a tool to support a healing personal practice.

Trained 50 facilitators to lead “Thrive Tribe” programs, providing a network of support for people with food and body image issues.

Eat Breathe ThriveMindful Yoga TherapyPrison Yoga ProjectNiroga Institute

THE GIVE BACK YOGA FOUNDATION900 Baseline Road 13B, Boulder, CO 80302 info@givebackyoga.orggivebackyoga.org/donate

The Give Back Yoga Foundation, Inc. is a registered nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. All donations made to Give Back Yoga are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law.

Federal Tax ID: 20-8666751VACT Vendor #: 37348DUNN #: 969429377

The Give Back Yoga Foundation believes in making yoga available to all those who might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience the transformational benefits of this powerful practice. As a national nonprofit yoga organization, we support and fund certified teachers in all traditions to offer the teachings of yoga to under-served and under-resourced socio-economic segments of the community. Through this work, we aim to inspire grassroots social change.

GIVE BACK YOGA FOUNDATION: THE WORLD’S GATEWAY FOR YOGA SERVICE AND A KICKSTARTER FOR YOGA SERVICE PROJECTS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES.

JOIN US IN SHARING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF YOGA WITH THE WORLD, ONE PERSON AT A TIME.JOIN US IN SHARING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF YOGA WITH THE WORLD, ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

Programs

Bringing yoga and programming to individuals with disordered eating and negative body image. Help us bring the program to 100 treatment clinics and community centers across the country.

Chelsea Roff, Program Director givebackyoga.org/ebt

$5,000 will bring Eat Breathe Thrive’s clinical program, Yoga for Eating Disorders™, to a treatment center.

Helping veterans to calm their body and mind through trainings and books on yoga and mindfulness practices. Help us to fund free yoga practice toolkits for 30,000 vets.

Suzanne Manafort, Progam Director givebackyoga.org/myt

$3,500 will fund a full scholarship for a veteran to become certified as a yoga teacher.

Helping at-risk youth succeed in school and stay out of jail, through Dynamic Mindfulness - yoga, breath regulation and meditation. Help us train 1,000 educators in 25 inner city schools, impacting 25,000 youth.

BK Bose, Program Director givebackyoga.org/ni

$5,000 will fund Dynamic Mindfulness training for over 30 classroom teachers, transforming the climate of an entire urban school.

Teaching incarcerated men and women skills for impulse control and to reduce anxiety and aggression. Help us to bring practice guides free to 20,000 men and women behind bars.

James Fox, Program Director givebackyoga.org/pyp

$3,500 will fund a full scholarship for a former prisoner to become certified as a yoga teacher.

Our newest program, Yoga for First Responders, is mindfulness training that offers our public servants the tools to recover from situations of intense stress, as well as strengthening body/mind resiliency for peak performance on the job.

Olivia Kvitne, Program Director givebackyoga.org/yffr

EAT BREATHE THRIVETM

NIROGA INSTITUTE

MINDFUL YOGA THERAPYTM

PRISON YOGA PROJECT YOGA FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

GIVE BACK YOGA FOUNDATION: THE WORLD’S GATEWAY FOR YOGA SERVICE AND A KICKSTARTER FOR YOGA SERVICE PROJECTS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES.